ninjafish Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 For anyone who doesn't want to search through my thread, here it is: http://www.102tech.com/fish/mantis.wmv What do you think? - Chad Link to comment
angelfishlover Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 AWSOME! BEUTIFUL TANK AND BEUTIFUL MANTIS! Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Thanks Nick. I think he is the coolest animal I've ever kept! - Chad Link to comment
imafishboy Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 hey man that's cool.wht do you feed him? besides poor hermit crabs?=D i'm plannng to get a smasher or something soon, hopefully. but im not sure wht to feed and where to get it? can i feed things from the supermarkets like shrimp, clams, mussels...etc? and if i feed shrimp is it purely raw or cooked? and will a smasher take fish? Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Matt, I am new to this whole thing as well. I have snails and hermits in the tank just so Ike has something to smash. I have heard that they can lose their dactyls if they don't use them enough. Besides that, he loves krill. Others feed shrimp and clam meat from the grocery store as well. Good luck, they are great pets! - Chad Link to comment
Snoop Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 maybe buy a bunch of shells and stuff food into them Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 That is a great idea! He seems to prefer the krill to live food - next time I tuck some inside a snail shell and make him work for it (and it's cheaper than $2.50 a pop). Good work! - Chad Link to comment
Prunfarm Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 Great idea Snoop - it's like a dog 'kong' for a mantis. Awesome set up Fish! I'd work on my days off w/ a tank like that. Link to comment
imafishboy Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 thanks fish..while thinkin about it, ur shrimp in the vid reminds me of muhammed ali or mike tyson or something. LoL. been into boxing lately. when i get mine imma name it after one of those guys Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 It's funny you mention it. I named him Ike because, I wanted to name our kid that when he is born but my wife wouldn't allow it because the name reminds her of Ike Turner who used to beat Tina Turner. ?? And guess what boy's name we have managed to come to agreement on? ... Tyson! Go figure (if she hasn't heard of Mike Tyson, I'm not gonna tell her). - Chad Link to comment
davinaster Posted August 28, 2005 Share Posted August 28, 2005 That was a great movie - I particularly liked how the suspense grew at the beginning, though my favorite was the shot of him picking blue hermit crab legs out of his "teeth". I laughed, I cried - it became a part of me. Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 28, 2005 Author Share Posted August 28, 2005 Davinaster, Lol, well then I've done my job! The hermit leg thing kills me too. From watching the video, I don't think Ike spits it out because it's inedible, or because he's full... I think it's just a gesture of contempt ??? - Chad Link to comment
robmacy Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 great video! i never realized how savage a mantis shrimp is. Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 I know Rob - I've never felt so sorry for a hermit crab before. I had to keep telling myself, "it's baisically a spider of the sea..." I am so glad that these guys are measured in inches and not feet or meters! - Chad Link to comment
robmacy Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 can you imagine if mantis shrimp grew to be 3-4 feet long! they'd be an apex predator! Link to comment
AndyL Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hmmm... Not enough blood or gore I think You need to feed and video tape more this week!!! Andy Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Originally posted by robmacy can you imagine if mantis shrimp grew to be 3-4 feet long! they'd be an apex predator! Yup. The spearers would pull down sharks and dolphins and the smashers would prey on... um, submarines? :*( - Chad Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Originally posted by AndyL Hmmm... Not enough blood or gore I think You need to feed and video tape more this week!!! Andy Hey Andy, Actually this little treasure you found me goes through hermits like they're popcorn... popcorn that costs me $2.50 a pop. I think I might just try the "krill stuffed in an empty snail shell" trick for a while - while I save up again . Thanks, - Chad Link to comment
AndyL Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Well at least you're not buying them from wai's or riverfront - You'd already be broke Probably a good time to kiss a$$ a bit and see if dennis and the other local shop keeps will save you hitchikers from other shipments (there must have been 12+ crabs in that one box of LR alone) Andy Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Andy, That is a great idea! A fellow reefer in Loydminster is mailing me out some hitchhikers but I still need to pay for the shipping. I don't know if I have given enough business to any of the shop keepers in town for them to agree to a deal like that... - Chad Link to comment
coralcrazy Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Are you afriad that the Mantis will break the tank?!! Yikes, one more thing what sort of mantis is that, is that a peacock? Not to rain on your party but they become much bigger, and will need a bigger tank. If it isn't then i am sorry, great tank. . Kind of reminds me of Jurrasic Park I with the cow getting killed by the T-rex, kind of overkill lol Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Nope, it is a smasher most likely a g. smithii. A peacock isn't an option - not just because of the size thing but because spearers like to burrow into the sand and as you can see, I don't have much of a sandbed. This guy is a pretty little one and my tank is 2 or 3 times thicker than it needed to be. Should be ok... Cheers, - Chad Link to comment
coralcrazy Posted August 31, 2005 Share Posted August 31, 2005 hey fish, one more question, what is that coral that keeps on opening and closing, looks really pretty... i would love to have one in my tank. Link to comment
ninjafish Posted August 31, 2005 Author Share Posted August 31, 2005 That is pulsing xenia. You should be able to find some around you. It grows like a weed in most tanks! Thanks, - Chad Link to comment
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